Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 9011.053 · Subchapter B. DISTRICT TERRITORY AND ANNEXATIONS TO DISTRICT TERRITORY
PETITION REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A petition to the board to annex land must:
(1) request that the district annex the land;
(2) describe by metes and bounds the land proposed to be annexed;
(3) affirmatively state that:
(A) the land annexed is subject to its proportionate part of the outstanding debt;
(B) the land will be subject to taxation for payment of that debt;
(C) the assumption of the proportionate debt will be a covenant running with the land; and
(D) the petition will be filed in the deed records of Bell County; and
(4) be signed:
(A) by a majority of the owners of the land to be annexed if the number of owners is 30 or fewer; or
(B) by 30 owners of the land to be annexed if the number of owners is more than 30.
(b) The petition must be filed with the board secretary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.12, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.9011.htm
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